Machi Medicine Healer, Francisca Linconao, Acquitted on Terrorism Charges

On 5 May 2018, the Criminal Court of Temuco acquitted Machi Francisca Linconao and eight Mapuche men of all charges relating 2013 deaths of the Luchsinger-Mackay couple. However, three other Mapuche community members who faced charges in this case, José Peralino Huinca, José Tralcal Coche and Luis Trancal Quidel, were convicted under Chile’s Anti-Terrorist Act.  …

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Chilean Police Shooting results in the deaths of two Mapuche Land Defenders

*News in development* Two Mapuche land defenders were killed last night at the hands of Chilean police after an alleged action on the large landed estate of El Encino in the Township of Los Sauces, nearby the city of Angol in southern Chile, on the evening Saturday June 10th. According to news reports, five unknown individuals entered …

$hile: CAM Claims Several Sabotage Actions in Occupied Mapuche Territory

CAM Communique The various Groups of Territorial Resistance (Órganos de Resistencia Territorial – ORT) of the Arauco Malleco Coordinator of Communities in Conflict (CAM), communicate the following to our Mapuche Nation and public opinion: Kiñe: We claim, as Lafkenche Leftraru ORT-CAM, our action of sabotage carried out this past April 29th against a tow truck, …

Hector Llaitul: “The arrest of my son is the product of the political persecution towards the CAM” & Public Communiques

Hector Llaitul: “The arrest of my son is the product of the political persecution towards the CAM” The son of prominent Mapuche leader of the CAM, Ernesto Llaitul, was arrested along with PeñI Ismael Queupil formally charged on the mourning of May 29th. Hector Llaitul claims these actions are due to the ongoing political persecution …

PVRON FVU: WCCC [Toronto] Table at the Montreal Anarchist Bookfair

Check out WCCC [Toronto] 5th publication of PVRON FVU at this year's Montreal Anarchist Bookfair. Featuring ongoing Mapuche resistance in Wallmapu, the publication includes the development of Mapuche resistance group, Weichan Auka Mapu, an anarchist analysis of the devastating $hilean Red Tide, and other anti-authoritarian updates from so-called Chile. We will be at CEDA = Centre d’éducation populaire …

11 Mapuche arrested for Luchsinger-Mackey Case, Lissette Melillan: “The [Chilean] Government uses the Police to Guard Cows”

11 Mapuche arrested for Luchsinger-Mackey Case On March 30th, 2016, 11 Mapuche community members were arrested and charged with alleged involvement in the incendiary attack that provoked the death of the Luchsinger Mackay couple in 2013. The mass arrest was carried out by an enormous police operative of special forces (PDI). More than 100 detectives …

Mapuche Resistance Group, Weichan Auka Mapu, Claims more than 30 Sabotage Attacks

Mapuche Resistance Group, Weichan Auka Mapu, Claims more than 30 Sabotage Attacks The group "Weichan Auka Mapu, the Struggle in Rebellious Territory" reached out to País Mapuche in an email clarifying its position unto the current phase of the Mapuche-Chilean Conflict. In their statement, they explain their political position. Further, they defend armed struggle, claiming …

CAM Continues Acts of Sabotage against Forestry Companies in so-called Chile

Communique The Arauco Malleco Coordinator of Communities in Conflict (CAM) communicate the following to the Mapuche Nation and public opnion: Kiñe: We, as the Williche Kalfulikan Organization of Territorial Resistance ORT– CAM, claim the action against forestry equipment belonging to Arauco Forestry Inc., which was carried out on the mourning of February 9th at the …

The 4th Annual Toronto Mapuche Solidarity Film Festival

  In memory of our Mapuche WEICHAFE [WARRIORS] MATIAS CATRILEO & ALEX LEMUN, & the many others (indigenous and non-indigenous) who have been murdered by the repressive forces of the Chilean State. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26th & SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27th OISE – 252 Bloor Street West *ALL NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE FILMS WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES* Suggested donation $10 …

CAM Claims Series of Actions Against Hydroelectric Dams and Forestry Companies in Wallmapu (Castellano abajo)

Communique The Arauco Malleco Coordinator of Communities in Conflict (CAM) communicates the following to our Mapuche Nation and public opinion the following: Kiñe: We, the Pehuenche Lientur Organs of Territorial Resistance (ORT-CAM), claim the action against the worker’s kitchen installations of the Angostura Central Hydroelectric Dam, on the mourning of Sunday, January 24th. This action …